USPTO Bulk Downloads: Patent Application Publication Full Text with Embedded Images

Full text of USPTO Patent Application Publications with embedded image data: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001.

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Contains the full text, drawings, and complex work units (tables, mathematical expressions, genetic sequence data, and chemical structures) of each patent application (non-provisional utility and plant) published weekly (Thursdays) from March 15, 2001 to present. The file formats are eXtensible Markup Language (XML) in accordance with the U.S. Patent Application Version 1.5; 1.6; 4.0 International Common Element (ICE); 4.1 ICE; 4.2 ICE Document Type Definitions (DTDs). Tables and sequence data are included using CALS markup. Mathematical expressions are included using MATHML markup and external Mathematica Notebook (NB) files. Chemical structures are represented by external CambridgeSoft Corp. ChemDraw (CDX) files and MDL Information Systems (MOL) files. Drawings, mathematical expressions, and chemical structures are also included as external Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) Revision 6.0 with CCITT Group 4 Compression image files. Approximately 5,000 published patent applications per week.

Refer to the following USPTO web site for additional patent data information (2001 through present) to include the Document Type Definitions (DTDs):
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/sgml/st32/redbook/rb2004/rb2004.html

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